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Watch: Michael Bay Discusses Making 'Transformers: The Last Knight'

"I'm here to keep 3D alive, and the only way to make it the best experience for you, is to shoot it natively." Paramount has released a new making of featurette for Transformers: The Last Knight, and it's pretty much nothing but Michael Bay talking about filming this new sequel. As much as I know that most of us are not that excited for this movie, this is one of the best featurettes I've ever seen. There's tons of cool behind-the-scenes footage, it's almost all Bay showing us a look at his workplace(s), and it's not made up of existing footage that we've already seen in other trailers. This stars Mark Wahlberg, Anthony Hopkins, Laura Haddock, John Goodman, Stanley Tucci, John Turturro, Josh Duhamel, Isabela Moner, Santiago Cabrera, and Liam Garrigan. Maybe this will change your mind about this movie? Have fun.

Here's the new making of featurette for Michael Bay's Transformers: The Last Knight, from YouTube:

Optimus Prime finding his home planet, Cybertron, now a dead planet, which he comes to find he was responsible for killing. He finds a way to bring the planet back to life, but in order to do so he needs to find an artifact, and that artifact is on Earth.Transformers: The Last Knight is once again directed by iconic American filmmaker Michael Bay, of all four of the previous Transformers movies, as well as 13 Hours, Pain & Gain, The Island, Pearl Harbor, Armageddon, The Rock, plus Bad Boys I & II previously. The screenplay is credited to Matt Holloway, Art Marcum and Ken Nolan. Paramount will release Transformers: The Last Knight in theaters everywhere starting June 23rd this summer. Anyone still excited to see this?

My pleasure Bo.
Oh people here are smart and mature enough to take it when people bash one of their guilty pleasures. ;D
I have a thick skin anyway. I can take 10 Bobs in a row when it comes to express my opinion. ;D

To be honest I don't recall. His stuff is what I class popcorn films, light in story and heavy in action, perfect for after a long day at work. I confess I fell asleep watching the last one. Action overdone is no flair is boring. If it wasn't for having to work 5 in 6 Saturdays I probably wouldn't bother with them.

Nope. Because Michael Bay was behind the project. He isn't the ideal choice to tackle such sensitive matter.
it's like painting miniatures with boxing gloves. the result will be gross.
You could say I'm having a prejudice against the man, which is not totally false. But I doubt the man could deliver something subtle and unbiased knowing his style.

Oh I totally agree. I'll be seeing this in theatres same as the last two.

Jon Odishaw on Apr 5, 2017

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Love these featurettes. The process of putting it on the big screen is my favorite part. I like how he pushes the 3D tech and Nolan pushes IMAX film. Can't wait for this to release so they can get moving on Bad Boys 3.

Roc on Apr 5, 2017

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Bay is a 3D consumer. The dude who's pushing forward the 3D technology is Jim Cameron.

Totally agree. I was going to mention that, because simply put, when the next avatar is released it will have groundbreaking technology (even if the movies fail plot-wise). Bay is at least currently pushing out films (doesn't mean they're good), that help the IMAX 3D industry by creating awareness for it.

Roc on Apr 5, 2017

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But to date, no movie other than Avatar is worth a watch in 3D.
Avatar is the only movie everyone should watch in its 3D version only ( in the movies).
I've watched many movies released in 3D and none was worth the extra bucks.

Watched Tron in 2D on blu-ray. Skipped Speed Racer. Never watched the animation series nor was interested in watching the movie, as it had the look of Lazytown. ;D
On a 1-10 scale, Avatar being the reference, how would you rate Legacy? Did they film it with 3D red Epic cameras or was it post converted?

Speed Racer was like watching a movie on hallucinogenics. It's definitely a kids movie, but in IMAX 3D, the visuals were mind blowing. It's anime come to life.
As far as Tron: Legacy is concerned and per Wikipedia:
"The film was shot in dual camera 3D using Pace Fusion rigs like James Cameron's Avatar, but unlike the Sony F950 cameras on that film, Tron used the F35s. "The benefit of [the F35s]," according to director Kosinski, "is that it has a full 35mm sensor which gives you that beautiful cinematic shallow depth of field." The film's beginning portions were shot in 2D,while forty minutes of the film were vertically enhanced for IMAX. The sequences on the Grid were wholly shot in 3D, utilizing cameras specifically designed for it, and employed a 3D technique that combined other special effects techniques. The real-world sequences were filmed in 2D, and eventually altered using the three-dimensional element. "

Granted his films aren't game changers though the first film was impressive when it came out, but why can't he get back to making solid, big concept action films?
Whilst some might not appreciate his talents, they really are being wasted in these dog shit films.

Payne by name on Apr 7, 2017

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Totally agree - have you seen 13 Hours?

Steven Lewis on Apr 7, 2017

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Yes I have and really enjoyed it. Just shows what he can do with some decent material.

"3D, 3D, 3D, 3D. Did I mention it's in 3D? Oh, btw, *3D*!!!!" That's all I heard for most of this featurette. I'm sure it's big and over the top, but that in itself does not make a quality film. Maybe you should take some of that $15 -$20 million and hire quality screenwriters who don't churn out mindless sh*t.